Drone

DRONE

Drones and other UAVs provide a fresh, exciting look at the world by allowing us to see places that were once impossible to view. NXP elevates this drone experience and opens the door to more UAV applications by placing the world’s most complete portfolio of drone technologies in the hands of developers, we’re proud of our heritage as a trusted leader in automotive, radar, aerospace, RF, security, motor control, and battery management systems.

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Supported Devices

Processors and Microcontrollers

K6x Ethernet

  • K66_180: Kinetis® K66-180 MHz, Dual High-Speed and Full-speed USBs, 2MB Flash Microcontrollers (MCUs) based on Arm® Cortex®-M4 Core

KV Series Arm Cortex-M4/M0+/M7

  • KV5x: Kinetis® KV5x-240 MHz, Motor Control and Power Conversion, Ethernet, MCUs based on Arm® Cortex®-M7

Sensors

Accelerometers

  • FXLS8974CF: ±2g/±4g/±8g/±16g, Low-Power 12-Bit Digital IoT Accelerometer

Barometric Pressure 15 to 150 kPa

  • MPXHZ6130A: Absolute, Integrated Pressure Sensor (15 to 130 kPa)

Interfaces

3.3 V / 5 V IO CAN Transceivers

  • TJA1042: High-Speed CAN Transceiver with Standby Mode

i.MX6Q CPU Complex

  • 4x Arm® Cortex®-A9 up to 1.2 GHz per core
  • 1 MB L2 cache
  • 32 KB instruction and data caches
  • NEON SIMD media accelerator

K66 Performance

  • Arm Cortex-M4F core running at 180 MHz with single precision floating point unit and 8KB of Cache
  • Up to 32-channel DMA for peripheral and memory servicing with reduced CPU loading and faster system throughput, with asynchronous support in Stop mode
  • Crossbar switch enables concurrent multi-leader bus accesses, increasing bus bandwidth
  • Independent flash banks allow concurrent code execution and firmware updating with no performance degradation or complex coding routines

KV5x Features

  • High-performance 240 MHz Arm Cortex-M7 core combined with a high level of analog and digital integration targeted at real-time control applications
  • Up to 1 MB Flash and 256 KB RAM, 16 KB instruction cache and 8 KB data cache. 256 KB of RAM includes 64 KB of ITCM RAM ensuring maximum CPU performance of fast control loops with minimal latency
  • 64-bit AXI memory interface with I-Cache and D-Cache – efficient access to external resources; interface to large external memories for a complete RTOS experience; support for richer HMI with higher resolution graphics, multiple connectivity stacks and middleware
  • 4 x 8ch 12-bit ADC’s sampling at 5 MSPS with a dual sample and hold circuitry, can capture current and voltage simultaneously for two motors giving true independent dual motor control
  • Ethernet option with True Random Number Generator and Cryptographic unit providing a low cost integrated connectivity solution
  • 2 eFlexPWM blocks provide 4 independent time bases per module with a highly flexible configuration that easily supports motor and power control topologies
  • Multiple instantiations of timer blocks provide a vast array of timers (44 channels) simplifying the complex task of advanced motor control
  • A single eFlexPWM block featuring 12 channels with Nano-Edge capability, providing up to 260pSec resolution on pulse width and frequency modulation

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